No information on Weeden's bail review

Tuesday

Jul 29, 2014 at 3:15 AMJul 29, 2014 at 9:18 AM

By ANDREA BULFINCHabulfinch@fosters.com

DOVER — A dispositional conference held Friday for former City Councilor Michael Weeden, 23, where bail conditions were to be reviewed and reconsidered, revealed no further information pertaining to the case or the possible amendment to bail conditions.

A motion filed on behalf of the 23-year-old recently described how Weeden failed to understand that agreeing to monitoring by the Strafford County Community Corrections Program would restrict his liberties.

The restrictions on his liberties include a curfew, the inability to swim, and the cost of $100 per week for the bracelet, which takes and reports random blood alcohol measurements.

The motion was filed after Weeden violated orders to abstain from alcohol use. Notification was sent to the state after two checks were conducted on June 18.

At 9:42 p.m. that evening, his blood alcohol level registered at .053, and .047 on retest. Eighteen minutes later at 10 p.m., his levels registered at .048 and .049.

According to court documents, Weeden denied consuming alcohol and instead told authorities he had gone to dinner that evening and consumed a meal containing cooking alcohol. He stated he was also home before his 9 p.m. curfew as ordered by bail conditions.

The SCCC program is concerned that Weeden is either unable or unwilling to refrain from alcohol use, “which increases his risk to himself and the community,” according to court documents.

A phone call answered by a Strafford County Superior Court clerk on Monday indicated that the case existed, but that no further information was available.